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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-03 00:51
Just curious- anyone ever get bored of the ol' classical repitoire, break out the clar. and play with someone like, the beatles (on CD, of course, one could only wish it could be real...)
-Lindsie
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2005-03-03 00:59
I am fortunate enough to be in a jazz band as well as a few classical ensembles, so I get my fix of different musical styles. Of course if your school has a musical see if you can get involved in that, really fun. However, last year for our spring concert our band played played a Beatles medely, which in one part featrued clarinet, trombone, and trumpet in a little dixie land combo. This took part in the Maxwell's Silver Hammer part(where did When I'm 64 GO!!!!?). It was a blast. You could also see if you could get a little group together and ask your band directors if they could get some sheet music for you guys, our band director made that offer to us since he believes doing small group work can improve the entire ensemble in general. The only problem with the last option is finding other people who would care as much as you do which would probably be a problem for me.
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-03 01:14
I was in the jazz band for 3 years- that didn't fulfill my needs. I have some fake books, which are fun...I have some sheet music with play-along [jazz] music... that's plenty fun. Just wondering if anyone is as nerdy as me and plays along with, say, "when I'm 64", by the Beatles, or DMB songs or something.
I'd get a group together, but my school is small and there aren't many *good* jazz musicians- and few good classical musicians...
goin' to college next fall. WHOO HOO! musical diversity!
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2005-03-03 02:47
Yup, you've gotta have a mix. Our clarinet choir has quite a mix of classical scores, but also the Beatles, some Rags, Swing and pops pieces, and then some really new stuff, brand new compositions from two of our BB members. We entitled one of our concerts "From Bach to Beatles", complete with a singer backed by clarinet choir.
One thing to be said, however, is that I'll listen to my son's favourite radio stations and find myself craving the intellectual depth of the classics (well, most of them). There's a reason why these compositions don't just get lost with time. But I love many different kinds of music including the Latin and African rhythms, Blues, Boogy Woogy, and so forth. Even my son has shown me how complex the bass guitar parts can be in some top 40 hits.
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Author: diz
Date: 2005-03-03 03:12
And very fine performances they were too, Brenda!
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-03-03 04:15
Sounds like some great concerts, Brenda. Hopefully I can make it up there some time soon (a trip in the summer could happen). It's great that there are ensembles willing and eager to embrace a more diverse repertoire.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-03 12:28
classical will never be outdone by hip hop because it has much more depth, hence the reason it is interesting, and, in my opinion, hip hop, rap, pop, etc. is boring.
anyway- where can one get beatles music (specifically "when I'm 64")- I have a clarinet choir, and we did the nutcracker last year, but we want to get away from classical and other such things. However, I'm the only one who plays jazz- and I can imagine the the beatles could be fun.
-Lindsie
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-03 12:45
Yup, it's a nice way of breaking up practice sessions....but better without the sheet music. BTW.....what are the beatles?
Bob Draznik
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-03-03 13:11
I haven't yet gotten bored with classical. I'll play other stuff if it's required by a teacher, and I listen to other genres of music (rarely, but I do), but I always enjoy playing classical more. Don't know why. The only thing I get bored of is playing however few pieces of music I own. Not that I've mastered them, but I'd like something new. One day I'll get around to getting more stuff.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2005-03-03 14:11
I heard a rendition of When I'm 64 at a participatory folk festival a few years ago by a group called Rocking Horse People.
The bass clarinet gets the intro, as I think it was on the Beatles' recording.
You can find Beatles' fake books in any decent music store. Get one, play the tune, and listen to a recording. Then figure out an arrangement for your selves. You could switch the melody around the different instruments in your group, while the other instruments divide up the notes of the chords.
Steve Epstein
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2005-03-03 14:44
...going to the main sheet music source in your area and ask to see their collection of SSA arrangements. These are vocal arrangements for two sopranos and an alto, and you can assign the two soprano parts to a pair of Bb sopranos, and the alto part to the bass.
These arrangements, designed for swing choir groups, are readily available, include all parts on the same sheet of music, and cost very little in the bargain.
You will be able to pick from a sizable assortment of arrangements (usually three tune medleys) of "pop" from all eras, and most of the arrangements sound pretty good without the piano accompaniment (which will force transposition on the clarinet players if you choose to include a piano). All that I've played over the years are "cute" settings, and allow for "solo" work for all three voices.
My experience is that about one in three is suitable for this treatment (three clarinets and no piano accompaniment). Read through them in the store and you'll be able to tell which ones do not lean too heavily on the piano parts.
leader of Houston's Sounds Of The South Dance Orchestra
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-03 15:07
Quote:
BTW.....what are the beatles?
Bob, I'm almost afraid to ask whether or not you're kidding...
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-03-03 15:21
Peter Schickele's Schickele Mix quotes Dule Ellington: If it sounds good, it IS good.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-03-03 15:40
Considering they are the top selling group of all time, I think it's pretty safe to say that BobD was yanking at a few links of our chain.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: marcia
Date: 2005-03-03 16:09
I saw an interview of George Harrison on TV some time ago. A friend of Goerge's son said "your dad is that singer isn't he?" This kid had no idea who the Beatles were even though he had met one of them!
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-03 21:17
A college teacher shared this experience with us recently: In a music theory class the discussion turned to the Super Bowl entertainment. One student(college, mind you) exclaimed, "Gee, that Paul McCarthy guy was real good, who did he ever play with?" A good portion of our readers here are less than college age. Don't ever be afraid to ask. Personally , I l still love the Beatles, but I find playing most of their music solo clarinet to be less than inspiring.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Todd W.
Date: 2005-03-03 21:36
BobD --
Was it Jay Leno who said most of the youngsters in the Super Bowl audience probably thought McCartney was singing, "Hey, Dude!"?
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-04 11:55
This just got me thinking... I don't know how many of you know Crosby, Stills, and Nash... but I bought one of Graham Nash's solo CDs, "Songs for beginners" (excellent CD) in which there was a great instrumental solo. I had to open the liner notes to see who the saxaphonist was, and to my surprise discovered that it was a bass clarinet! I usually dont confuse instruments, but this bass sounded like a tenor sax! (maybe alto, I dont remember). I listened to it again and heard the woody, clarinety sound, and it was so awesome! the solo was great. The song, for those interested, is called "Better Days"- give it a listen. I plan to learn that piece...
-Lindsie
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-04 13:22
Oh sure, Graham Nash, the guy the car was named after....I think Captain Beefheart played that bass line.
Bob Draznik
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